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Good to see Bombthrower Bolton has been fired ("I resigned") from the White House. The doomsday clock goes back a few seconds.

This one could get a bit untidy if Bolton is pissed off. He's smarter than Trump and he's not backward in coming forward.

Trump tweeted that he had fired Bolton, so the TV channels gave that immediate cover. Bolton replied by tweet immediately saying that he had offered his resignation but Trump had said they'd talk about it in the morning. Trump must have changed what's left of his mind.

When Bolton went to the White House people were concerned, since he has been there though he has reportedly talked Trump out of some of his more loony impulses. Now Pompeo is the number one advisor and apparently he believes the rapture is nigh and he could see himself as an instrument of God's will in bringing about the end of the world.

It's not so long ago that the Yanks were saying the Iranian president Ahmadinejad was a threat because he saw himself as an instrument of God's will. Now the boot's on the other foot, but it's no more comfortable.

There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop

This one could get a bit untidy if Bolton is pissed off. He's smarter than Trump and he's not backward in coming forward.

Trump tweeted that he had fired Bolton, so the TV channels gave that immediate cover. Bolton replied by tweet immediately saying that he had offered his resignation but Trump had said they'd talk about it in the morning. Trump must have changed what's left of his mind.

When Bolton went to the White House people were concerned, since he has been there though he has reportedly talked Trump out of some of his more loony impulses. Now Pompeo is the number one advisor and apparently he believes the rapture is nigh and he could see himself as an instrument of God's will in bringing about the end of the world.

It's not so long ago that the Yanks were saying the Iranian president Ahmadinejad was a threat because he saw himself as an instrument of God's will. Now the boot's on the other foot, but it's no more comfortable.

More like he can claim he fired him then anything he says is, oh that's just because i fired him.
Scarmucci was going on about all those that were being a calming influence are gone

"He takes nobody's counsel. There's nobody in the White House—if you remember his chief of staff [John] Kelly at least had the strength of personality to say 'hey, that's probably not the best thing to do, don't do that.' And so he probably curbed some of the exigencies of his personality."
"I think the guy is losing it, mentally," Scaramucci told the magazine. "He has declining mental faculties; he's becoming more petulant; he's becoming more impetuous. OK, you see just by the way he's sweating, his body's not doing well.
"It's obviously not a guy that takes care of himself, right? And he doesn't listen to anybody. And just think about this, okay? There's no one—there's no Jim Mattis; there's no Gary Cohn; there's no one to check him anymore.
"Whatever my differences were with General John Kelly, after he left, this thing has completely unspooled."

Can you remember anyone who was talked about so negatively by their former staff.

Trump vowed during his presidential campaign that he would only “hire the best people” i

Anthony Scaramucci@Scaramucci
For the last 3 years I have fully supported this President. Recently he has said things that divide the country in a way that is unacceptable. So I didn’t pass the 100% litmus test. Eventually he turns on everyone and soon it will be you and then the entire country.

No it doesn't really Fraser it was only ever on three products.
A bit of checking shows in the SA they although they don't use the name its a lot to do with the fact those burgers never contained any porcine products anyway.
So while it changed to partially be more respectful was also to do with correct labeling in a area where this sort of stuff effects both sales and maters culturally to avoid confusion.
They have also put just bacon on their menus which they never had previously this has lost then their Halal status they previously held.https://www.businessinsider.co.za/bu...-change-2019-9

hamburger is by definition made of minced beef and does not contain pork. The "ham" is in reference to the German city of Hamburg, where hamburger patties were supposedly first made.
Burger King knows this, South African chief operating officer Juan Klopper told Business Insider South Africa on Friday, but it still wants to avoid any possible confusion.
"It is just to be super-sensitive to perceptions, and to be super clear," he said.
The chain has had some queries from Muslim customers in the past on the "ham" part of the name, Klopper said, by way of Majlisush Shura Al Islami, the non-profit that certifies Burger King's remaining halaal outlets as being in compliance with Shari'ah law.
So, while the chain was making changes, it decided to drop the word.
As of this month, 44 Burger Kings in South Africa are no longer halaal certified after the chain decided to introduce the line of bacon items that are popular for the brand in many other parts of the world.
The chain has also promised to add vegan and vegetarian items to its menu "in the very near future".